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Dear 17-year-old self,
When your Laker dream comes true tomorrow,
you need to figure out a way to invest in the future of your family. This
sounds simple, and you may think it's a no-brainer, but take some time to think
on it further.
I said INVEST. I did not say GIVE. Let me
explain.
Purely giving material things to your
siblings (兄弟姐妹) may appear to be the
right decision. So you buy them a car, a big house, and pay all of their bills.
You want them to live a beautiful, comfortable life, right?
But the day will come when you realize that
as much as you believed you were doing the right thing, you were actually
holding them back.
You will come to understand that you were
taking care of them because it made YOU feel good, it made you happy to see
them smiling and without a care in the world—and that was extremely selfish of
you. While you were feeling satisfied with yourself, you were slowly eating
away at their own dreams and ambitions. You were adding material things to
their lives, but taking away the most precious gifts of all.
Invest in their future, don't just give.
Use your success, wealth and influence to
put them in the best position to realize their own dreams and find their true
purpose. Put them through school, set them up with job interviews and help them
become leaders in their own right. Hold them to the same level of hard work and
dedication that it took for you to get to where you are now, and where you will
eventually go.
I'm writing you now so that you can begin
this process immediately, and so that you don't have to deal with the hurt and
struggle of weaning (断绝) them off the addiction
that you facilitated. That addiction only leads to anger, hatred and jealousy
from everybody involved, including yourself.
As time goes on, you will see them grow
independently and have their own ambitions and their own lives, and your
relationship with all of them will be much better as a result.
Trust me, setting things up right from the
beginning will avoid a ton of tears and headache, some of which remains to this
day.
Much
love,
Kobe
(1)
What might be the best title of this letter?
A . To My Younger Self
B . For My Dear Family
C . To My Beloved Son
D . For My Older Self
(2)
What may be the underlined part "the most precious gifts of all" in Paragraph 5?
A . Independence and growth.
B . Wealth and health.
C . Love and dedication.
D . Success and leadership.
(3)
What can we infer from this letter?
A . The writer will stop offering his siblings help in the future.
B . The writer didn't think it a good fortune to become successful early.
C . The writer intends to remind others not to care too much about materials.
D . The writer was once troubled by the relationship between him and his family.
答案: A
A
D